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... , changed his opinion , or his profeffion , and published ASTREA REDUX ; a poem on the happy Restoration and Return of his most facred · Majefty King Charles the Second . The The reproach of inconftancy was , on this occafion , 4 DRY DE N.
... , changed his opinion , or his profeffion , and published ASTREA REDUX ; a poem on the happy Restoration and Return of his most facred · Majefty King Charles the Second . The The reproach of inconftancy was , on this occafion , 4 DRY DE N.
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... peculi- arity , intrinfick or concomitant ; for the compofition and fate of eight - and - twenty dramas include too much of a poetical life to be omitted . In 1664 he published the Rival Ladies , which he B 3 In DRY DE N. 7.
... peculi- arity , intrinfick or concomitant ; for the compofition and fate of eight - and - twenty dramas include too much of a poetical life to be omitted . In 1664 he published the Rival Ladies , which he B 3 In DRY DE N. 7.
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... published in 1667. It is a tragedy in rhyme , intended for a fequel to Howard's Indian Queen . Of this connection notice was given to the au- dience by printed bills , diftributed at the door ; an expedient fuppofed to be ridiculed in ...
... published in 1667. It is a tragedy in rhyme , intended for a fequel to Howard's Indian Queen . Of this connection notice was given to the au- dience by printed bills , diftributed at the door ; an expedient fuppofed to be ridiculed in ...
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... of Lerma , in which Sir Robert Howard had cenfured it . In 1667 he published Annus Mirabilis , the Year of Wonders , which may be esteemed one of his most elaborate works . It is addreffed to Sir Robert Howard by a letter It DR Y DE N.
... of Lerma , in which Sir Robert Howard had cenfured it . In 1667 he published Annus Mirabilis , the Year of Wonders , which may be esteemed one of his most elaborate works . It is addreffed to Sir Robert Howard by a letter It DR Y DE N.
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... published . Here appears a ftrange in- confiftency ; but Langbaine affords fome help , by relating that the answer to Howard was not published in the first edition of the play , but was added when it was afterwards reprinted ; reprinted ...
... published . Here appears a ftrange in- confiftency ; but Langbaine affords fome help , by relating that the answer to Howard was not published in the first edition of the play , but was added when it was afterwards reprinted ; reprinted ...
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Addiſon afterwards againſt almoſt anſwer becauſe beſt Cato cenfure character Charles Dryden compofitions confidered converfation criticiſm criticks defign defired difcover Dryden duke eafily earl Effay elegance English expreffed faid fame fatire favour fays fecond feems feen feldom fent fentence fentiments fhall fhew fhould fince firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon friends ftage ftill ftudy fubject fuccefs fuch fuffer fufficient fupplied fuppofed fure genius Guife himſelf intereft itſelf John Dryden Juba Juvenal king laft laſt leaſt lefs lord mafter moft moſt muft muſt neceffary never obferved occafion paffages paffed paffions perfon perhaps play pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poetical poetry Pope praife praiſe prefent profe publick publiſhed purpoſe racters raiſed reafon rhyme ſay ſcenes ſeems Sempronius ſome ſtage Steele ſuch Syphax Tatler thefe theſe thofe thoſe thought tion tragedy tranflated uſe verfes verfion verſes Virgil Whig whofe whoſe write written